Suspender-waist.



'F. B'. MILLER. SUSPENDER WAIST.

kPPLlpfiTiON FILED MN: 20. 1919..

Patented Apr. 1,1919.

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SUSPENDER-WAIST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application filed January 20, 1919. Serial No. 272,138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE B. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the county ofSt. Joseph and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SuspenderlVaists,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in suspender waists forchildrens use, and contemplates the provision of a waist of thischaracter from which the nether garments may be suspended and supported,and which is so constructed as to be completely reversible, in that ithas no fixed front or back or inside or outside, considered in its application as a garment.

Children, particularly small children, in the attempt'to dressthemselves, have difficulty in getting the undergarments, particularlythe waist on correctly, and the help of an older person is usuallyrequired. An essential characteristic of the waist of the presentimprovement, is that it is the same inside as outside and front andback, so that, as long as the child can place its head through the headopening of the waist, a wrong application of the waist cannot be made.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in thefollowing specification, reference being had particularly to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a proved waist.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The improved suspender waist, as here shown, comprises what may betermed a body or shoulder portion 1, made up as a narrow strip to fitover the shoulders and across the front and rear of the garment. Thisbody portion 1 is formed with a neck opening 2, and at each side of saidopening with depending side sections 3. Each side section is formed withan arm-opening 4. The body portion 1 is, of course, shaped to fit overthe shoulders, as at 5, while the front and rear parts of the sidesections, as 6 and 7, are shaped to fit against the body of the wearer.Those portions of the side sections below the arm openings, formtape-receiving portions 8, and are of substantial width, though the sidesections gradually decrease in Width from the body portion 1.

Supporting tabs 9 and 10 are connected to perspective view of the imthefront and rear of the body portion 1,

preferably depending centrally between the SldG sections 3, and arepreferably of the same width throughout. The tabs 9 and 10 sidesections.

An important feature of the waist as thus formed, is that, so far aswearing it is concerned, it is fully and completely reversible, the sidesections being duplicates, and the front and back identical. Thus, solong as the child is able to put its head through the neck opening, andarms through the respective arm openings, the waist is in correctposition for. use, whether in the position shown in Fig. 1, turned frontto rear, or inside out, as compared with said shown position. This is ahighly desirable characteristic for a childs garment of this nature, asit is practically impossible for the garment tobe puton wrong.

Both the tape receiving sections 8 and the tabs 9 and 10 are to beprovided with means whereby the nether. garments may be attached to andsupported by the waist. On

the sections 8, such supporting means comprises tapes, securedpreferably on the longitudinal median line of the sections, andextending the full length of the sections and slightly below the same.These tapes 11 are applied to both faces, that is inner and outer, ofthe sections 8, and each tape is provided with engaging means, hereshown as buttons 12, there being preferably two buttons on each tape.The button receiving portions of the tapes are preferably formed bylooping 'or folding-over the tape and stitching same at the meetingpoints of the loop to provide short pendents, as clearly shown in Fig.2. The lower extended ends of the tapes are provided with means, hereshown as eyelets 13, for connecting the usual hose supporters thereto.

The tabs 9 and 10 are also provided on each face with tapes 14;,extending from the upper edge of the body 1 to the ends there of. Thetapes are secured throughout their full lengths to the tabs, except attheir lower ends, which are looped or folded over to provide two freependents for the support of the buttons 15. By extending the tapes fromthe neck portion of the garment to the lower ends of the tabs andsupporting the buttons thereon, the weight of the undergarments issupported directly by the shoulder portions of the garment. Also eachtab has duplicate securing means on. each face thereof, as have thesections 8.

The duplication of the securing means on each face of each portion soprovided, permits the use of the garment in any reversal of position,and the application of the nether garments to the waist even if onebutton is ofl. This is a material time saver to the busy mother, asotherwise the loss of the button, where but one is provided, would meanrepair before the garment could be use The tabs 9 and 10 are whollyindependent and separate from the side sect-ions 3. This permits theseparts to individually respond to strain or movement of the wearerwithout aifecting other parts, and hence the bodily freedom of the useris increased. Furthermore, the parts noted, when independent as hereconstructed, may be readily spread apart in applying the garment, thusfacilitating its use.

Owing to the particular construction of the garment and the fact thatthe body is not confined below the shoulder portion, it is apparent thatthe same may be easily applied, and that a garment of a given size willreadily fit diiferent sized children to a substantially proper degree.This forms an additional feature of the present improvement, as itobviates the necessity of carrying a large variety of sizes by dealershandling' the same, as Well as providing for the growing child.

While the foregoing is the preferred form of myinvention, I desire it tobe understood that I do not limit myself to the precise structure shownand described, as it is obvious that the same may be variously modi-Coifies or this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

fied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Areversible suspender waist having a shoulder portion, side sectionsdepending therefrom, and supporting tabs depending from the shoulderportion between and wholly free of the side sections, the side sectionsbeing duplicates and the supporting tabs identical, and of like form inany reversal of position, and garment supporting means carried by bothsides of the side sections and the tabs.

2. A reversible suspender waist having a shoulder portion, side sectionsformed with arm openings depending from the shoulder portion, andunbroken tabs depending from the shoulder portion between and whollyfree of the side sections, said parts and the garment as a whole beingof like form in any reversal of position, and garment supporting meanscarried by both sides of the side sections.

3. A reversible suspender waist having a shoulder portion, side.sections depending therefrom, tabs depending from the shoulder portionbetween and wholly free of the side sections, and button supportingtapes secured to both sides of the side sections and to the tabs.

4:- A reversible suspender waist having a shoulder portion, sidesections depending therefrom, tabs depending from the shoulder betweenand wholly free of the side sections, and tapes with suporting meanssecured to both faces of the side sections and to both faces of thetabs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FLORENCE BIRDSALL MILLER.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

